…very fond.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.126–128 he is stated as having visited the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa and discussed with him the…

…are recorded in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.103f.

Here, also, the Buddha spent some time before the Enlightenment. DN.ii.267

The Brahmā Sutta…

…Sutta. In the Saṃyutta SN.iv.398 he is represented as talking about the rebirths of his adherents—he who denied rebirth. In the…

…in the Theragāthā. Thag.20

The Ajita-pucchā are referred to in the Saṃyutta, SN.ii.47f. where they are expounded by the Buddha to…

…DN.ii.72f. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as saying that the time would come when the Vajjians would relinquish their strenuous…

…old age and death.

The Saṃyutta also records a conversation that took place between Anuruddha and Sāriputta during a stay in Ambapālivana….

…The Bhikkhunī Saṃyutta contains stories of nuns who were tempted by Māra in the Andhavana, e.g., Āḷavikā, Soma, Kisāgotamī,…

…night.

The Anuruddha Saṃyutta SN.v.294 gives an account of a series of questions asked by Moggallāna on the satipaṭṭhāna, their extent,…

…died intestate. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.89–91 we find Pasenadi, King of Kosala, visiting the Buddha at noonday and telling him that he had…

…MN.i.130ff.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.314–315 Ariṭṭha is mentioned as having said to the Buddha that he practised concentration in…

…recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.312ff. One of these related to the custom among the Western (Pacchābhūmakā) brahmins of…

…MN.i.227ff.

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.124ff. records a visit paid by the Buddha to Assaji as he lay grievously sick in Kassapārāma…

…and in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.152 It is, however, found in a poem in the Itivuttaka It89 which recurs in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.203 and there…

…“caste.” In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.36 SN.i.60 the Buddha addresses Ghaṭīkāra Brahmā as “Bhaggava”; he had been a potter of…

…us…

…The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.53 records a conversation between Candana and the Buddha and a visit paid by Candana to Mahā…

…several times. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.436f. records a discussion on the four Ariyan Truths among a number of monks, including Gavampati,…

…of Citta.

The Citta Saṃyutta SN.iv.282ff. contains a record of conversations between Citta and members of the Order, among whom, besides…

…According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.161f. Cunda attended Sāriputta in his last illness and, after his death, brought to the Buddha…

…who is mentioned in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.127ff. as having been sent by the monks of Kosambī to Khemaka, carrying messages to and fro…

…especially the whole Sagāthakavagga of the Saṃyutta Nikāya.

…to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.i.35f. Ghaṭīkāra visited the Buddha some time after the Enlightenment and the Buddha reminded…

…to the Saṃyutta SN.i.120f. account, Godhika lived on the Kāḷasilā in Isigilipassa. There he made various vain attempts to…

…to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.325 the Buddha once stayed for three months in the jungle thicket at Icchānaṅgala, in almost…

…to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 Isidatta was once staying with a number of senior monks at Macchikāsaṇḍa in the…

A wanderer. The Saṃyutta Nikāya records visits paid by him to Sāriputta at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as…

…he is to be identified with Mānatthaddha of the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.i.177

…is mentioned in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.18ff. as visiting the Buddha at Sāvatthī and questioning him on right view. The Buddha’s…

…Thag.1187 The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.190f. mentions that during the time of Kakusandha, the Mount Vepulla of Rājagaha was named…

…Sutta. MN.ii.26 The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.107f. contains a discourse on handling experiences by way of casual relations, and the…

…Thag.567–576 In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.169f. two suttas are connected him, in both of which he asks the Buddha how it is possible to…

…of Paṭācārā.

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.129f. records a visit paid to her by Māra as she sat resting in Andhavana. He was forced to…

…Ud.iv.5 and in the Saṃyutta, SN.iii.94 but the reason given in these texts is that he found Kosambī uncomfortable owing to the vast number…

…the Buddha went to Nādikā. Vin.i.230f. DN.ii.90f.

According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.431 Koṭigāma was a village of the…

…Phalikasandana. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.15f. SN.v.171f. records several discussions which took place there between Ānanda and Bhadda….

…Udāyī asks Ānanda to explain in detail a question which is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.48 as having been asked of the Buddha…

The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions an interview between an Elder of this name and the Sākyan Mahānāma. Mahānāma asks the Elder if the learner’s…

…esteem, and the Kassapa Saṃyutta contains two discussions between them: one on the necessity for zeal and ardour in the attainment of Nibbāna,…

…the Buddha, as the Saṃyutta contains a reference to the Buddha speaking of them both as dead. However the early texts contain no record of…

…Thag.417–422

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.35f. contains two discussions which he had with the Buddha; the second was a teaching in brief…

…his Theragāthā verses the Buddha asks how he fares in the cold. Thag.207–208

The Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a stanza spoken by Mogharāja and…

…MN.i.122ff.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.12f. is recorded a discussion between Moliya Phagguna and the Buddha, regarding the consciousness…

…is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.115f. between him and Savittha, which is said to have taken place in Ghositārāma in Kosambī,…

…thence.“

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.124f. AN.v.46 also contains a sutta in which three daughters of Māra are represented as tempting…

…AN.iii.295ff.

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.1 SN.iv.116 AN.iv.268 contains records of conversations between Nakulapitā and the Buddha. Both…

Hell. The Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas and the Sutta Nipāta contain a list of hells: Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda,…

…is a record in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.322 of the town having been the victim of a severe famine during the Buddha’s…

A monk. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.52 he is represented as asking the Buddha if it were possible, by means of any of the senses, to recognize…

…is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.349ff. In the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.123 Pasenadi speaks of the great loyalty of these two men…

…another Sutta, of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iii.105f. represents Ānanda as saying to the assembled monks that Puṇṇa was of great help to…

…mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.i.133 AN.i.134 AN.ii.45 AN.iv.63 and in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.ii.49 which is evidence of its having…

…with the Buddha, on various topics, are given in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.iv.340ff.

…the mind.

The Rādha Saṃyutta SN.iii.188–201 contains a large number of suttas preached by the Buddha in answer to Rādha’s questions on…

…Asura chieftain. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.49f. says that on one occasion when he seized the Moon god, and on another the Sun god, both these…

…one included in the Saṃyutta and the other in the Aṅguttara, formed the topics for Rāhula’s meditation.

Later, the Buddha, knowing that…

…Vepulla. SN.ii.191 The Saṃyutta SN.i.206 mentions another peak near Rājagaha—Indakūta.

Rājagaha was closely associated with the Buddha’s…

…as having stayed there and preached three sermons.

According to the Saṃyutta, Gavampati also lived there at one time. SN.v.436

Ceti, on…

…SN.i.151 AN.v.172 The Saṃyutta SN.i.154f. contains a series of verses spoken by Sahampati at Andhakavinda, when the Buddha sat out in the open…

…of Sakka.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya a whole Saṃyutta—one of the shortest, consisting of twenty five short suttas—is devoted to…

…a sutta of the Saṃyutta, SN.i.153 he is spoken of as visiting the Buddha on the banks of the Sappinī, and it was during this visit that…

…is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. Upasena died of snake bite. SN.iv.40 The cave was used as a residence by monks who come to Rājagaha…

A class of Devas. The Saṃyutta contains SN.i.16–22 a whole group of suttas in which these devas are stated to have visited the Buddha, asking him…

…who has won view.

The Saṃyutta SN.ii.115 contains two conversations of Savittha, both of which took place at the Ghositārāma in Kosambī. The…

…MN.ii.209ff.

The Saṃyutta SN.i.182f. mentions a Saṅgārava who is perhaps distinct from the above. He lived in Sāvatthī and was a…

…only with the…

…near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā with the thought, “I will…

A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements - e.g., Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Sīlavatī, Nagara …

…the Buddha had there with Sāriputta is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.v.233f.

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…this birth. Ud.v.3

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.92f. contains the story of a man who often met Tagarasikhī begging for alms. One day, being…

…great esteem.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.83f. the Buddha says that Uddaka claimed to be “versed in lore and to have conquered…

…SN.iv.121–124

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.166f. AN.iv.426f. also records a conversation between Udāyī and Ānanda, when Udāyī asks if…

…AN.iv.212–216

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.109f. records a visit paid to the Buddha by Ugga, at Hatthigāmaka. He asked the Buddha why it…

…Therīgāthā and the Saṃyutta, but the sources ascribe different verses to the nuns Cālā, Upacālā, and Sisūpacālā. Thig.189–195…

…MN.i.170–171 The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.35 SN.i.60 records a visit paid to the Buddha by Upaka and six other beings born in…

…Thag.30

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.22 the Buddha explains to him, in answer to his question, the character of the five sensual elements…

…The Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a whole section on Vacchagotta; his discussions were chiefly concerned with such mythical…

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The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.134f. relates that one day, when she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned…

…story is given in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.201f.

A Vajjiputta, perhaps the same person, has another verse that encourages a certain “Gotama”…

…through faith.

In the Saṃyutta, SN.iii.119ff. Vakkali fell ill while on his way to visit the Buddha at Rājagaha, and was carried in a litter…

…at Campā.

The Saṃyutta SN.i.185ff. devotes one whole section to Vaṅgīsa, dealing with the incidents connected with his life and…

A brahmin clan. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions a lady of the gotta living in Kāmandā, who was evidently a teacher. A pupil of hers, having visited…

…who, according to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.i.225f. went with Sakka to visit the Buddha during his siesta. They waited upon the Buddha, leaning…

…taght her the Dhamma, so that now she dwells in freedom and bliss. Thig.169–174 In the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.i.130 Māra, assuming the form of a…

…Vin.i.247 In the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.225 Āpaṇa is spoken of as a township of the Aṅgas and the Buddha is mentioned as having stayed…